Marquez second fastest on day one in Brno, but injury scare for Pedrosa

It was a mixed first day in the Czech Republic for Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.

This morning, with cooler temperatures, the riders attacked immediately with Marc second fastest and Dani third. At the end of the session Marc ran wide in turn thirteen and had to lay the bike in the gravel, thankfully he escaped uninjured.

This afternoon, the ambient temperature rose to over 30ºC and the session was littered with crashes from several riders as the track also rose to a high 46ºC.

Marc went fastest with his time of 1’56.513 on lap 3 of 6 and remained unbeaten for the remainder of the session. He was one of the few top riders to improve on the FP1 time despite crashing on his last exit in turn seven, fortunately walking away from the incident. His time placed him second for the day in the combined times.

Dani crashed early in the session – on just his second lap – after some oil leaked from his front fork as he rode through turn thirteen and resulted in a high side. Dani visited the medical centre for an x-ray where they confirmed there was no fracture but heavy bruising to the left ankle. He finished the day 4th in the combined times with 1’56.784 (FP1).

Marc Marquez

2nd1'56.513

"Today was a very productive day, we have obtained a lot of data and we have seen that this will not be an easy circuit. I am fast over a single lap, but I am finding it harder to set a constant pace. In FP2 we finished first, but more importantly we have made a step forward with our pace, because it seems that Lorenzo is has a very fast rhythm. This afternoon we got close to him and we will see if tomorrow we can continue to improve, in order to be as close as possible to the top."

Dani Pedrosa

4th1'56.784

"I had a problem with the front fork which I didn't realise until some oil hit the rear wheel as I was leaning over to the right into turn fourteen. The bike threw me off quite violently and I took a big knock to my left foot. I went to Clinica Mobile for a check-up and they performed an x-ray on my left ankle. Thankfully they confirmed there was no break or fracture, just a heavy contusion so I will have some treatment tonight and see how the situation is in the morning."

MotoGP 2015Friday, August 14th 2015

Practice
Round 11
bwin Grand Prix Ceske republikyCzech Republic

Results Session

Dry

Humidity

30%

Track Temp

46°C

Air Temp

32°C

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

Yamaha

1'56.499

2

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

1'56.513

3

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

Ducati Team

Ducati

1'56.750

4

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

1'56.784

5

Dovizioso Andrea

4

ITA

Ducati Team

Ducati

1'56.821

6

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

Yamaha

1'57.038

7

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

1'57.078

8

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

1'57.137

9

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

1'57.202

10

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

Honda

1'57.229

11

Hernandez Yonny

68

COL

Pramac Racing

Ducati

1'57.544

12

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

Pramac Racing

Ducati

1'57.575

13

Vinales Maverick

25

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

1'57.607

14

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

Avintia Racing

Ducati

1'57.718

15

Redding Scott

45

GBR

EG 0,0 Marc VDS

Honda

1'57.860

16

Bradl Stefan

6

GER

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

1'58.484

17

Miller Jack

43

AUS

LCR Honda MotoGP

Honda

1'58.512

19

Di Meglio Mike

63

FRA

Avintia Racing

Ducati

1'58.589

20

Laverty Eugene

50

IRE

Aspar Team

Honda

1'58.656

21

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

1'58.669

22

Baz Loris

76

FRA

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

1'58.678

23

De Angelis Alex

15

RSM

E-Motion IodaRacing Team

ART

1'59.680

24

Corti Claudio

71

ITA

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

2'00.074

25

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

AB Motoracing

Honda

2'01.261

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Location Information

The world’s most famous riders have taken part in GP events in Brno since 1930, where up until 1982 they would race through the villages and western parts of the city on a road track named after the first Czechoslovak President – T.G. Masaryk. The only venue that has hosted… read more.

Location Information

The world’s most famous riders have taken part in GP events in Brno since 1930, where up until 1982 they would race through the villages and western parts of the city on a road track named after the first Czechoslovak President – T.G. Masaryk. The only venue that has hosted… read more.